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Iraq said Saturday that its war on the Islamic State is over after more than three years of combat operations drove the extremists from all of the territories they once held.Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Iraqi forces were in full control

 Friday marked the end of the two weeks of the fourth round of inter-Burundian dialogue taking place in Arusha, Tanzania, to address the security and political crisis in Burundi, with no end in sight to an agreement on the way forward. 

As many as 95 million children have not had their births registered across Sub Saharan Africa, and if decisive action is not taken, these numbers will rise even higher, UNICEF warned on Thursday. UNICEF released this data at the ongoing 4th

Making rugby’s laws easier to understand for all is the objective of the simplified law book, which will be introduced globally from January 1, 2018. Approved at the November World Rugby Council meeting, the simplified law book is

The United States recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and will begin the process of moving its embassy there, President Donald Trump said Wednesday, marking a major policy shift that world leaders fear will inflame regional tensions.&ldquo

German Volkswagen manager Oliver Schmidt, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy and other fraud charges in US federal court in connection with the company’s diesel emissions cheating scheme, has been sentenced to seven years in prison and a fine of

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A wildfire erupted in Los Angeles’ exclusive Bel-Air section Wednesday as yet another part of Southern California found itself under siege from an outbreak of wind-whipped blazes that have consumed multimillion-dollar

A woman has been arrested by Tanzanian police after a video of her kissing another woman was widely circulated on social media, AP reports.The police are hunting the second women following the first’s arrest in the north-western region of

At least 13 people have been killed in two suicide bombings in north-eastern Nigeria, police said Saturday.Two women used suicide vests to blow themselves up in and near a market in the city of Biu in the restive state of Borno, killing at least 13